Rumyantsev also held a meeting in his camp.
Just as Zou Sheng guessed, Rumyantsev decided to launch the final attack.
The ice and snow weather these days gave him the best chance.
He knew very well that the Tsarist Russian army was best at fighting in extreme weather conditions. In comparison, the Longyan people seemed a bit poor in this aspect.
This is an opportunity given to him by God!
He must grasp it!
Because he has long realized that this war has lost its meaning until now. Because they were czarist Russia, they paid too much. For this war, more than half of Tsarist Russia's national income has been consumed. Moreover, Rumyantsev is in a huge basin in the Usu area, so he has always been in an urn.
This is what makes him uncomfortable.
But he had no choice but to fight hard. He knew Peter's temper.
Peter wanted Liangzhou, so he only had to think about how to capture Liangzhou, and he didn't even have to think about how to convince Peter to give up the war.
Facts also proved that Rumyantsev's guess was correct.
Their army has been dragged here for more than a year! On the one hand, they had to free up their hands to deal with the Wusun local armed forces; on the other hand, they had to consider how to capture Yanqi.
But everything was arranged perfectly by Rumyantsev.
Especially last year, several times Long Yan's army suddenly opened the city gate and launched a surprise attack on them. If other generals had led the army, they would have been dispersed by Long Yan. However, Rumyantsev's experience was really experienced, and he was able to block several surprise attacks that were shocking to the heavens, and still had the upper hand.
This is the role of a famous general.
The next day.
Tsarist Russia indeed launched its strongest general offensive in a year. As soon as dawn broke, a hundred thousand troops began to gather. This first wave of one hundred thousand troops began to attack. Among this wave of troops, there were fifty thousand Cossack cavalry alone. In addition to the first phalanx, there were also all the siege equipment of Tsarist Russia.
Siege engines immediately began to attack the city, and the cavalry began to invade the city gates.
Infantry and shield soldiers all went into battle.
Artillerymen, follow behind.
Early in the morning, an alarm sounded in Yanqi City, and Zou Sheng got up immediately. It was cold, too cold. Sure enough, Rumyantsev chose to launch the attack on the first day after the heavy snowfall. As the old saying goes, snow warms and turns snow cold, and the weather after a heavy snowfall is the coldest.
"Holy crap, are they here again?"
"How to fight!"
"The knife is frozen!"
"Damn it, stop fighting!"
"Surrender!"
When the alarm sounded, the soldiers in the camp began to complain and complain everywhere, and their morale was naturally greatly affected.
"Everyone is on alert, anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Zou Sheng understood the mood of these soldiers, but he had no choice. This was war, and he could only issue military orders.
Long Yan immediately started to defend. The weather was so cold that the hands and feet of the defenders were almost frozen. This made the people who operated the artillery and muskets useless. Facing the fierce attack of the 100,000-strong Tsarist Russian army, Yan Qi felt it at once. He had never felt it before. Too much pressure!
Under the artillery bombardment, the city walls began to collapse.
At that time, many people were blown to pieces and their limbs flew up. But soon, substitute soldiers came to fill in.
The battle began to get fierce.
One hundred thousand troops here had just entered the battle. Rumyantsev gave the order again, and the other one hundred thousand troops attacked again.
Two hundred thousand troops, let alone the grandeur of this scene. The artillery kept bombarding, overwhelming the sky. This time, the Tsarist Russian army followed the siege equipment and slowly pushed the artillery closer to the city gate. This allowed the artillery bombs to be thrown into the city more fully. For a time, The buildings in Yanqi, the streets in Yanqi, and everything in Yanqi were threatened by artillery fire.
"Asshole!"
"These guys are really cruel!"
The expressions of the generals on the wall changed drastically.
On normal days, these Tsarist Russian troops would not dare to bring their artillery so close, because the Hongyi artillery on Longyan's side is more effective and more powerful. As long as their artillery dares to enter the range of Longyan artillery, Longyan's artillery will deal a devastating blow to their artillery...
But today.
The situation was different. Due to the weather, Long Yan's artillery was either inaccurate due to the coldness of the operator, or simply misfired. In this case, their threat to Tsarist Russian artillery began to decrease. In this case, the threat to them from Tsarist Russia's artillery was the opposite. As long as the cannonball falls, it will definitely pose a threat to Yanqi. Even if it is a blind attack, it can cause some casualties.
This is the first time in a year that Yanqi City has been in such chaos.
"evacuation!"
"disperse the crowd!"
"quick!"
The generals began to rush to give orders.
The situation in the city also became chaotic.
Military camps, civilian houses, and various buildings were hit and destroyed to varying degrees.
Zou Sheng made the decision immediately: "Assemble the entire army and prepare for an encounter!"
"What?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
Encounter?
This is obviously a siege, but you insist on turning it into an encounter? Isn’t this suicidal? They are clearly in danger.
"General, no, absolutely no!"
"General!"
A group of people were anxious.
Zou Sheng shouted coldly: "Generals, this general attack by Tsarist Russia is absolutely overwhelming. This shows one problem, that is, they can't stand it anymore! They want to end this war sooner than we do! So, this They have been preparing for this general attack for more than a year!"
"More than a year, generals!"
Zou Sheng shouted coldly: "What kind of person is Rumyantsev! He is a famous general in Tsarist Russia. He has already studied our city defense battle thoroughly! Do you think that we can continue to be beaten passively?" Are you insisting?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.
Zou Sheng is right.
These generals had suffered enough from Rumyantsev at the beginning of the Northwest War. Later, when they couldn't do it, they let Zou Sheng come up. But even when Zou Sheng came up, they resisted, and every time the pressure was All are big. Moreover, every battle to defend the city was more difficult than the last one.
It's getting more and more difficult. Rumyantsev's fighting methods are becoming more and more difficult to resist.
Various flexible tactics and various on-the-spot performances, it can be said that fighting Rumyantsev is simply a learning process of classic battles.
Fortunately, Zou Sheng has a strong learning ability and his ability to adapt.
He learned too much from his opponent Rumyantsev. He sympathized with this opponent. Likewise, he felt that Rumyantsev must be doing the same to him.
so.
He understands Rumyantsev.
He understands this "teacher". Since he has decided to launch a general attack this time, he must be fully prepared.
This time, if Zou Sheng still uses the old method and defends the city step by step, he will definitely not be able to withstand it. Rumyantsev's military theory is very strong, and he has many tricks when fighting. Until now, Zou Sheng has not learned a single perfection.
What to do?
beat!
Zou Sheng could only hope to use a surprise move.
Out of the blue!
This is the advantage of young people and being young and energetic.
Of course, he doesn't know yet whether it is an advantage or not.
But at least, he dared to do so. He believed that if it were Rumyantsev, he would not dare to make such a choice in this situation. Rumyantsev is mature but overly conservative. Therefore, since he did not dare, it meant that he would not have guessed that Zou Sheng would do this.
Encounter battle, as the name suggests, is to pull out the army and fight these Tsarist Russian armies on the plains!
This is definitely a bold, crazy idea.
Because since ancient times, as long as there is danger to be defended, encounters will not be chosen. Relying on defensible terrain to fight is an undoubted advantage.
But this time Zou Sheng planned to take a different approach.
Why?
In his consideration, Yan Qi behind him must not be left behind.
But if Tsarist Russia is allowed to continue bombarding like this, I am afraid that the entire Yanqi City will be bombarded to the ground. So he has only one choice, move the battlefield forward! Even if it costs the lives of the soldiers, we must protect the Yanqi City behind!
Although the difficulty of the battle increases a lot, there is one benefit.
That means you can advance forward and retreat backward.
If you really can't defeat Tsarist Russia, you can go back and fight again. If you can't defend it when you come back, you can go out and fight again.
Although the risk was high, it required Zou Sheng to have extremely good control over the entire battlefield situation. If it gets out of control, it will really be the end. Not only will the entire army be annihilated, but the city of Yanqi will also be lost.
So a bunch of generals went crazy when they heard his strategy.
"General, think twice!"
"General..."
"General, you must not!"
Zou Sheng insisted on his opinion, drew his sword, and shouted coldly: "Execute military orders, and those who disobey orders will be killed!"
Everyone's expressions changed.
Excuting an order!
There was no way, everyone became nervous, and they all knew that this battle would be the most intense, and most likely, the last battle! No one dared to slack off. Although they did not agree with Zou Sheng's fighting method just now, now that they have decided, they will definitely prepare seriously.
encounter.
Plain battle.
soon.
The army of 150,000 dragon flames has been assembled.
No one would have thought of it.
Even Zou Sheng can't imagine what the outcome of this battle will be like.
